the Pearl Jam effect

2002-06-24 Thread Chirag Kasbekar
An interesting sort of adverse selection, it seems: http://launch.yahoo.com/read/news.asp?contentID=209387 --- Moby recently shared his ideas on record sales, charts, and the role technology has on the industry. Moby's new album, 18, is currently

Re: high school economics

2002-06-24 Thread Fred Foldvary
What would you recommend, a course that shows economics concisely (and thus covering more topic) or showing it light (with just the core economic concepts like supply, demand, cost, utility... etc; less topic but more fun into it)? Similarly, what could be the topics that would be taught

Re: academic journals

2002-06-24 Thread Robin Hanson
Fred Foldvary wrote: universities are maximizing something, but it's not clear what. Could it be that such universities seek to maximize prestige, or academic esteem? Thus, the original seed of good and useful research grows into a tree where the fruit becomes an end in itself and is

Re: high school economics

2002-06-24 Thread john hull
Howdy, Let me apologize in advance for this letter being too long. With all due respect, I think I may be disagreeing with Mr. Foldarvy. First, I think his list may be too ambitious for a high school class. Second, I really think that your efforts should be toward making economics